“Royalty” is a term which defines its own origin and meaning. Sometime way back when, in the dim and hoary past, kings and queens must have managed to con (and/or intimidate) their subjects into belie…
Vancouver — Rubicon Minerals (RMX-V) will begin drilling at its Golden Promise project, near Badger, Nfld.The company recently discovered a gold-bearing quartz vein, dubbed the Jacqueline zone, in an…
CANADIAN/U.S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate)DateAug. 20Aug. 19Aug. 16Aug. 15Aug. 14US$ in C$1.57151.57101.56011.5…
Gold Funds as at August 15, 2002Dundee Precious MetalsCentral FundNet Value$21.28$5.75Price$15.50$6.44…
Vancouver — Canada’s junior exchange continued to slide into bear territory over the week ended Aug 20. The TSX Venture Exchange composite index lost 23.55 points, or 2.3% of its value, to close at 1…
Jack Botsford, former vice-president and general manager of Gunnar Mining, has died. He was 90.Botsford was born in 1911 and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1933 with a bachelor of applied…
Consumption of borate in the detergents industry continues to be affected by environmental concerns, according to a report from London-based Roskill Information Services.Economics of Boron (10th editi…
I respectfully disagree with the editorial criticism of Ben Graham (Risk without Wealth, T.N.M., July 22-28/02). A pairing of poor values with volatile prices do not make equity markets doubly unattra…
70.22 (-3.49)(Sept. 30/98 = 100)…
DateAug. 20Aug. 19Aug. 16Aug. 15Aug. 14HighLowTSX Composite6655.296658.106571.726557.576550.07…
Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 20 (change from Aug. 13 in brackets):MetalStock (tonnes)ChangeAluminium1295775(-…
A strong rally in the U.S. markets over the report period Aug. 13-20 brought the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.6% and the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 up 6%.The Dow finished the period at 8,872.0…
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